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Shire of Toodyay > Records

PEARS CYCLOPAEDIA, APRIL 1930

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1930

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Overview

Thirty-seventh edition of Pears' Cyclopaedia dating from April 1930.
One-volume encyclopedia published in the United Kingdom. With coloured frontispiece.
Book is worn and damaged with cover separating from text block.

Historical information

Owned by Miss Butterly.
This book was not published annually, but as demand required, usually two or three times per annum. Current matter was revised for each edition.
Each edition traditionally featured an atlas, a gazetteer, a chronological list of events, a list of prominent people (past and present), a miniature encyclopaedia of general information and around a dozen or more other sections on various subjects such as cinema, classical mythology, current events, wine, astronomy, ideas and beliefs, gardening, medicine, etc. The selection of subjects varied slightly over the years, and in later years the world atlas section was dropped, leaving a world and European map inside the front and rear covers and with the Gazetteer limited to the British Isles.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2018.6

Item type

Material

Width

12 cm

Height or length

18 cm

Depth

4.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

A. & F. Pears, Ltd. The Soap Works, Isleworth, Nr. London April 1930

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Statement of significance

Historic: Data for the 1930s
Research: Data 1930s
Condition: intact

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Links to additional resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pears%27_Cyclopaedia

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